周囲の地震騒音による地球マントルの不連続性のボディ・ウェーブイメージング
P Poli1, M Campillo, H Pedersen
1Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université de Grenoble I, CNRS, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. polip@ujf-grenoble.fr
まとめ
研究者らは,地震波 (P波) 騒音相関を用いて地球のマントルの移行地帯を観測した. この新しい方法により,地震データに頼らずに高解像度の深層地球イメージングが可能になります.
科学分野:
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 地震学 地震学とは
- 地球科学 地球科学 地球科学
背景:
- 周囲の地震騒音の相関は,地表波を使用して地球の石層をイメージするための重要なツールです.
- 地震波の観測は,地球の深い内部を調査するための潜在的な方法を提供します.
- 410~660kmの深さにあるマントルの移行地帯は,地球のマントルの重要な地域である.
研究 の 目的:
- 地震波騒音相関を用いて深層地球画像の可行性を実証する.
- 周囲の地震騒音を用いてマントルの移行地帯を観測し,マッピングする.
- 地震源から独立した高解像度地震画像の作成方法の確立.
主な方法:
- 地震体波 (P波) の騒音相関を利用する.
- マントルの移行ゾーンの上部 (410 km) と下部 (660 km) の不連続性からの反射を分析した.
- 周囲の地震騒音を使用し,地震データへの必要性を排除します.
主要な成果:
- P波ノイズ相関によるマントルの移行ゾーンの成功観察.
- この地球深部地域に対する高解像度マッピング能力の実証.
- 新しい地震イメージング技術の検証.
結論:
- 体波の環境地震騒音相関は,地球深層の構造を研究するための有効な方法を提供します.
- マントルの移行地帯の高解像度画像は,地震源なしで達成可能である.
- この技術は,地球の深い内部を探索するための新しい道を開きます.
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